Solicitor - Personal Injury

 You must be a qualified Solicitor with upwards of 5 years’ PQE to join the Medical Negligence department to be based in Southampton.

The Role

The team handle medical negligence claims for people who have suffered illness or injury as a result of substandard care in any medical setting to include treatment from a GP, hospital, or clinic. The work is very varied and includes all types of medical negligence casework, including birth injury claims (including injury to both mother and baby), spinal injury claims, surgical claims, orthopaedic claims, neurological claims, fatal accident claims, delay in diagnosis or delay in treatment and incorrect or inappropriate treatment.

To be successful in this role you must;

• Have experience of around 5 years or more Personal Injury litigation experience in Medical Negligence cases, having dealt with cases across the spectrum of medicine, and with high value, complex cases.

• Have good experience of running complex multi-track cases through the court process up to trial

• Ideally be a member of either/or AvMA or the Law Society’s Clinical Negligence panels (or satisfy qualification criteria)

• Be able to operate independently and as part of a team to deliver the best outcomes for our clients and develop other team members.

• Have excellent client care and inter-personal skills, operating with integrity and showing empathy and intuition.

The Benefits

In addition to your competitive basic salary we have an exciting benefits package including a contributory pension scheme, critical illness cover, health cash plan, death in service, discounted legal services, 25 days hols (this increases with length of service), discounted online shopping, season ticket loans, childcare vouchers